Two Sullivan women accused of child-care scam

LIBERTY — Two Sullivan County women accused of trying to get reimbursed for child-care services that were never performed now face dozens of felony charges, Village of Liberty police said.

Cheryl Johnson, 48, was arrested Friday; and Annamarie Izzo, 35, was arrested Wednesday following an investigation that involved the District Attorney’s Office and the fraud investigation unit for Sullivan’s family services department, officials said.

Police said the pair tried to defraud the Department of Family Services by submitting vouchers with inflated hours. The vouchers were for child-care services Johnson, of Mongaup Valley, provided to Izzo, who lives in Liberty.

The scheme covered September 2012 to this month, and the pair tried to get more than $3,000 in fraudulent billings, police said.

Both were charged with 33 counts of first-degree falsifying business records and first-degree attempted grand larceny.